Pelosi Statement on March Jobs Report

Contact: Drew Hammill/Evangeline George, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 215,000 jobs in March. With businesses adding 195,000 jobs last month, March represents the 73rd consecutive month of private sector job growth.

"This month's jobs report shows our economy continuing to make progress. As we extend the longest uninterrupted stretch of private sector job creation in American history, we must not take our foot off the gas. Congress must do more to create good-paying jobs and grow the paychecks of hard-working American families.

"However, this Republican Congress has wasted week after week on their dead-end special interest agenda, while the priorities of hard-working Americans receive nothing but indifference and inaction. Now, House Republicans have recessed for two weeks without passing a budget and without addressing critical public health emergencies in our country.

"While the Do-Nothing Republican Congress continues to tear itself apart over whether its 'Road to Ruin' budget plan is brutal enough to seniors, students and hard working families, Democrats are standing for a better vision: help families facing public health crises, grow the paychecks of hard-working Americans, and invest in the future of our country."

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